This topic applies only on the IBM i operating system.

Installing the Application Client on IBM i operating systems using response files

You can install the Application Client using Installation Manager response files.

Before you begin

Before you install the Application Client, ensure that your user profile has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

Install Installation Manager on the system onto which you want to install the product.
  • If you want to use the Installation Manager that comes with this product, perform the following actions:
    1. Obtain the necessary files from the physical media or the web.
      There are three basic options for obtaining and installing the product.
      • Access the physical media, and use local installation
        You can access the product repositories on the product media.
        1. Install Installation Manager on your system.

          You can install Installation Manager using the product media, using a file obtained from the Passport Advantage® site, or using a file containing the most current version of Installation Manager from the IBM® Installation Manager download website.

        2. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the product repositories on the media.
      • Download the files from the Passport Advantage® site, and use local installation
        Licensed customers with a Passport Advantage ID and password can download the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
        1. Download the files from the Passport Advantage site.
        2. Install Installation Manager on your system.

          You can install Installation Manager using the product media, using a file obtained from the Passport Advantage site, or using a file containing the most current version of Installation Manager from the IBM Installation Manager download website.

        3. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the downloaded repositories.
      • Access the live repositories, and use web-based installation
        If you have a Passport Advantage ID and password, you can install the product from the web-based repositories.
        1. Install Installation Manager on your system.

          You can install Installation Manager using the product media, using a file obtained from the Passport Advantage site, or using a file containing the most current version of Installation Manager from the IBM Installation Manager download website.

        2. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the web-based repository located at
          http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80 
          Note: This location does not contain a web page that you can access using a web browser. This is a remote web-based repository location that you must specify in the response file so that the installation can access the files in this repository.

        Whenever possible, you should use the remote web-based repositories so that you are accessing the most up-to-date installation files.

      Note: If you do not have a Passport Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from the product repositories on the media or local repositories.
    2. Install Installation Manager.
      1. Sign on to the IBM i system with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
      2. On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.
      3. Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
        To verify the umask setting, issue the following command:
        umask
        To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
        umask 022
      4. Change to the location containing the Installation Manager installation files.
      5. Run the following command:
        installc -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
        Notes:
    3. If you are using local repositories to install and maintain the product, unpack the compressed file containing the repository to a directory on your system.
  • If you already have a version of Installation Manager installed on your system and you want to use it to install and maintain the product, obtain the necessary product files from the physical media or the web.
    There are three basic options for installing the product.
    • Access the physical media, and use local installation

      You can access the product repositories on the product media. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the product repositories on the media.

    • Download the files from the Passport Advantage site, and use local installation
      Licensed customers with a Passport Advantage ID and password can download the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
      1. Download the product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
      2. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the downloaded repositories.
    • Access the live repositories, and use web-based installation
      If you have a Passport Advantage ID and password, you can use Installation Manager to install the product from the web-based repositories. Use Installation Manager to install the product from the web-based repository located at
      http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80 
      Note: This location does not contain a web page that you can access using a web browser. This is a remote web-based repository location that you must specify in the response file so that the installation can access the files in this repository.

      Whenever possible, you should use the remote web-based repositories so that you are accessing the most up-to-date installation files.

    Note: If you do not have a Passport Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from the product repositories on the media or local repositories.

About this task

Using Installation Manager, you can work with response files to install the product.

Procedure

  1. Optional: If the repository requires a username and password, create a keyring file to access this repository.

    For more information on creating a keyring file for Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.4 Information Center or the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.

    Note: [Updated in April 2013] Starting in Installation Manager Version 1.6.2, the -keyring and -password options that have been used to access credentials in a keyring file are deprecated. When you use Installation Manager Version 1.6.2 and later, use the -secureStorageFile and -masterPasswordFile options to store credentials in a credential storage file. There is no migration path from keyring files to storage files because of the differences in the file structures. You must create a storage file to replace a keyring file. For more information on using the -secureStorageFile and -masterPasswordFile options to store credentials in a credential storage file, see the Installation Manager Version 1.6 Information Center.

    [Updated in April 2013]

    apr2013
  2. Sign on to the IBM i system with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
  3. On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.
  4. Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
    To verify the umask setting, issue the following command:
    umask
    To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
    umask 022
  5. Use a response file to install the product.
    Change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager, and install the product. For example:
    ./imcl -acceptLicense 
      input $HOME/AppClientFiles/temp/install_response_file.xml 
      -log $HOME/AppClientFiles/temp/install_log.xml 
      -keyring $HOME/AppclientFiles/temp/im.keyring
    Notes:
    • The relevant terms and conditions, notices, and other information are provided in the license-agreement files in the lafiles or product_name/lafiles subdirectory of the installation image or repository for this product.
    • The program might write important post-installation instructions to standard output.

    Read the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.4 Information Center or the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center for more information.

Example

The following is an example of a response file for installing the product with no optional features into the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client directory using a web-based repository located at https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input>
<server>
  <repository location='https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
</server>
<profile id='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
  installLocation='/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'>
  <data key='eclipseLocation' value='/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'/>
  <data key='was.install.os400.profile.location' value='/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'/>
  <data key='user.appclient.serverHostname' value='localhost'/>
  <data key='user.appclient.serverPort' value='2809'/>
  <data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
  <data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/>
</profile>
<install modify='false'>
  <offering profile='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
     features='javaee.thinclient.core.feature' id='com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
</install>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache' 
  value='/QIBM/UserData/InstallationManager/IMShared'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.connectTimeout' value='30'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.readTimeout' value='30'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.downloadAutoRetryCount' value='0'/>
<preference name='offering.service.repositories.areUsed' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ssl.nonsecureMode' value='false'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.disablePreemptiveAuthentication' value='false'/>
<preference name='http.ntlm.auth.kind' value='NTLM'/>
<preference name='http.ntlm.auth.enableIntegrated.win32' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.keepFetchedFiles' value='false'/>
<preference name='PassportAdvantageIsEnabled' value='false'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates' value='false'/>
</agent-input>
The following is an example of a response file for installing the product ILAN version.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input>
<server>
  <repository location='https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENTILAN.v80'/>
</server>
<profile id='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server (ILAN) V8.0' 
  installLocation='/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'>
  <data key='eclipseLocation' value='/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'/>
  <data key='was.install.os400.profile.location' value='/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'/>
  <data key='user.appclient.serverHostname' value='localhost'/>
  <data key='user.appclient.serverPort' value='2809'/>
  <data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
  <data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/>
</profile>
<install modify='false'>
  <offering profile='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server (ILAN) V8.0' 
    features='javaee.thinclient.core.feature' id='com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENTILAN.v80'/>
</install>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache' 
  value='/QIBM/UserData/InstallationManager/IMShared'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.connectTimeout' value='30'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.readTimeout' value='30'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.downloadAutoRetryCount' value='0'/>
<preference name='offering.service.repositories.areUsed' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ssl.nonsecureMode' value='false'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.disablePreemptiveAuthentication' value='false'/>
<preference name='http.ntlm.auth.kind' value='NTLM'/>
<preference name='http.ntlm.auth.enableIntegrated.win32' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts' value='true'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.keepFetchedFiles' value='false'/>
<preference name='PassportAdvantageIsEnabled' value='false'/>
<preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates' value='false'/>
</agent-input>
Tips:
  • Make sure that the repository location points to the web-based or local repository. For example:
    <repository location='https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
  • The following line from the example specifies the default value of the profile location for IBM i:
    <data key='was.install.os400.profile.location' value='/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'/>
    To override this default location, specify a different location
  • The following line from the example specifies the default value of the shared resources directory for IBM i:
    <preference name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache' 
      value='/QIBM/UserData/InstallationManager/IMShared'/>
    To override this default location, specify a different location.
    Note: There is only one shared resources directory for Installation Manager. If there has been an installation on the system in the past, it will use that shared resources directory and not the one specified in the response file.
  • To disable remote searches for updates in the response file, set the following preferences to false:
    • offering.service.repositories.areUsed

      Used for searching remote repositories for updates to installed offerings

    • com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates

      Used for searching for updates to Installation Manager

    For example:
    <preference value='false' name='offering.service.repositories.areUsed'/>
    <preference value='false' name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates'/>
    
    You can find more details on silent preference keys in the Installation Manager information center.
  • To install more than one instance of an offering, you must make the profile ID of each additional instance unique. For example:
    <offering profile='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 - Another User's AppClient' 
      features='javaee.thinclient.core.feature' id='com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
    This must be changed in both places that specify the profile ID in the response file.
Here are some examples of changes that you could make to manipulate this response file to perform alternative actions.
  • To alter the location of the installation, simply change the installation location. For example:
    Replace
    <profile id='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
      installLocation='/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client'>
    with
    <profile id='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
      installLocation='/home/user/IBM/Websphere/AppClient/Server'>
  • To install from a local repository instead of the live remote repository, replace the repository location. For example:
    Replace
    <repository location='https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
    with
    <repository location='/home/user/repositories/AppClient/local-repositories'/>
  • To add the optional features, add each desired feature in the offering as an entry in a comma-separated list.
    In the following list of optional features, the offering IDs to be used in the response files are enclosed in parentheses:
    • Standalone Thin Clients, Resource Adapters, and Embeddable Containers

      IBM thin clients and resource adapters provide a set of clients and resource adapters for a variety of technologies, such as JAX-WS, JAX-RPC, JAX-RS, XML, EJB, JPA, JMS, and more. An embeddable container runs in a standalone Java Platform, Standard Edition environment. For example, you can use the embeddable EJB container to run enterprise beans outside the application server.

      • Standalone Thin Clients Runtime (standalonethinclient.resourceadapter.runtime)

        This option installs the runtime for standalone thin clients.

      • Embeddable EJB Container (embeddablecontainer)

        This option installs the embeddable EJB container.

        The embeddable EJB container is a Java Archive (JAR) file that you can use to run enterprise beans in a standalone Java Platform, Standard Edition environment. You can run enterprise beans using this embeddable container outside the application server. The embeddable EJB container is a part of the EJB 3.1 specification and is primarily used for unit testing enterprise beans business logic.

    For example, to install the embeddable EJB container:
    Replace
    <offering profile='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
      features='javaee.thinclient.core.feature' id='com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
    with
    <offering profile='Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0' 
      features='javaee.thinclient.core.feature,embeddablecontainer' id='com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v80'/>
    where embeddablecontainer indicates the embeddable EJB container feature.
    Tip: If no features are specified, the required features and the optional feature selected by default (embeddablecontainer) are installed. To install only the features that you want, specify the list of features explicitly.

What to do next

You can create a client profile using the manageprofiles command.

The following is an example of using the manageprofiles command to create a default client profile. The example is based on the following assumptions:
  • The system host name for the application server that the client will connect to is myhost.abc.com.
  • The bootstrap port for the application server is 2809.
  • The app_client_root is /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client.
manageprofiles -create
  -templatePath /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client/profileTemplates/client 
  -serverHostname myhost.abc.com 
  -serverPort 2809 
  -profileName client 
Note: After you create a profile successfully, the console prints a message that indicates success and advises you to check the AboutThisProfile.txt file. However, a AboutThisProfile.txt file is not generated when you create a client profile on IBM i.



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